For those of you who don't know, which began with 44 Scotland Street, the series is about the people who live and work in a tenement building in the Edinburgh New Town. It was originally begun as installments in The Scotsman. The Bertie of the title is a precocious 6 year old with a very pushy mother who steers Bertie away from playing with other little boys and fills his time with Italian lessons, yoga, music and psychotherapy.
Other characters include Angus the artist and his dog, Cyril who in this book is under threat of being put to sleep for biting someone; Domenica the anthropologist, just back from studying pirates in the Malacca Straits (they turned out to be pirating videos, not ships); Pat the student who works in Matthew's art gallery - does she love Matthew or not?; Big Lou who runs a coffee shop in the basement and is rubbish at choosing men - the latest one is a modern day Jacobite.
This is the fourth book in the 44 Scotland Street series, nice easy reading you can dip in and out of because it's short stories and I love it because it takes me back to a city I love and was very happy in.
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